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  1. #11
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    is it one that requires you line it up with the center of your tonearms pivot point?
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    Yes, but Acoustical Systems make that easier by placing a circular 'bomb sight' on top of the pivot rod, making it easier to identify the correct pivot point on the arm.

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    I must say this looks like an excellent alignment solution and when the cost of turntable, arm and cartridge are considered the cost does not seem unreasonable. I can testify that getting the alignment of ones cartridge correct (not just 'pretty good') does make a clear difference.
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    one mans pretty good may be anothers crap, or very good
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    I've never been happy aligning carts, ever, whether with feickert or any other tool. I've always had to retweak afterwards until the smartractor. It took me around 15 mins as it was the first time I'd used it - and there's something clever about the etched markings that make it childs play to very accurately line up the cantilever. I sat down to listen and had an instantly stable soundstage, no off centre sibilants (my pet hate) and absolute balance.

    I think if you're messing around with carts over 3k you owe it to them to get it right and allow them to strut their stuff as intended.

    Yes bloody expensive - but so is a 90£ fuse!
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    Quote Originally Posted by farflungstar View Post
    I've never been happy aligning carts, ever, whether with feickert or any other tool. I've always had to retweak afterwards until the smartractor. It took me around 15 mins as it was the first time I'd used it - and there's something clever about the etched markings that make it childs play to very accurately line up the cantilever. I sat down to listen and had an instantly stable soundstage, no off centre sibilants (my pet hate) and absolute balance.

    I think if you're messing around with carts over 3k you owe it to them to get it right and allow them to strut their stuff as intended.

    Yes bloody expensive - but so is a 90£ fuse!
    Probably right if your using expensive gear then its not expensive really. If your happy spending 3grand on a cart then you should use the best for your piece of mind if nothing else. Ive been doing it my way for 30 years now and its always worked to my satisfaction. My records and stylus are all fine and the sound is good. Anyone whos heard it would i think agree. There has always been many ways to skin a cat.
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    here's an idea,why dont we all chip in a buy it for forum members to use,it can be passed around and used between members and when not in use can be sent back to a mod or marco if they are in agreement,that way we get a expensive product for a little outlay??
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    Paradise Phono Stage
    Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
    PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
    Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
    Sony X555ES Cd Player
    Yamaha NS1000m Speakers

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie123 View Post
    here's an idea,why dont we all chip in a buy it for forum members to use,it can be passed around and used between members and when not in use can be sent back to a mod or marco if they are in agreement,that way we get a expensive product for a little outlay??
    I like this. Group funding

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    I thought of suggesting that before I bought it but being in Spain didn't think it was a good idea
    Technics SP10 mk2
    Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
    Miyajima Shilabe cart
    Hashimoto HM-X SUT
    Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
    Aurorasound Vida LCR Phonostage
    The Truth linestage
    Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
    Cary 805c SET amps
    Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
    Townshend Isolda speaker cables
    Cardas Golden Presence interconnects

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie123 View Post
    here's an idea,why dont we all chip in a buy it for forum members to use,it can be passed around and used between members and when not in use can be sent back to a mod or marco if they are in agreement,that way we get a expensive product for a little outlay??
    Great idea, I'm in.

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